Новости за 01.05.2017

Pilots at one of India’s biggest airlines could stop flying with their expat colleagues because they’re paid less. The National Aviators Guild, a labor union representing more than 1,000 Indian pilots at Jet Airways, says it is taking a stand against discrimination. It says Indian pilots have to work longer hours for lower wages than […]

The Trump administration is discontinuing a signature girls education initiative championed by former first lady Michelle Obama, according to officials. The “Let Girls Learn” program, which she and President Barack Obama started in 2015 to facilitate educational opportunities for adolescent girls in developing countries, will cease operation immediately, according to an internal document obtained by […]

When Apple releases its earnings on Tuesday, tech junkies will be looking for clues about the next iPhone and any mention of other new products. Will the new iPhone be called the 8? The 10 or X in honor of its tenth anniversary? Will it come in red? But Wall Street will be watching something […]

You’d be forgiven if you mistook the place for a nightclub or a gallery. It has concrete floors, high ceilings and neon lights. And it’s tucked away in Brooklyn’s coolest neighborhood, Williamsburg, where alternative lifestylers, work-from-homers and celebrities pay an arm and a leg for apartments just one stop from Manhattan on the L train. […]

The ultra-political filmmaker Oliver Stone has scored the interview so many journalists have been seeking: a sit-down with Russian president Vladimir Putin. Actually, several sit-downs, most recently in February. The premium cable channel Showtime has secured the television rights to Stone’s finished product, a four-hour documentary called “The Putin Interviews.” Showtime said Monday that the […]

Not only is college expensive, it’s hard to know how much it will actually cost. Each college charges a different price for tuition and some tack on a variety of fees. But there’s a bigger problem: Many students at the same college will pay different prices to attend. Some receive scholarships based on merit and […]

At a Saturday night rally in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, designed to celebrate his first 100 days in office, Donald Trump read the lyrics from a song called “The Snake.” Here are the lyrics of the song — by Al Wilson — that Trump read (full song is here): On her way to work one morning Down […]

North Korea has lost one of its biggest trading partners after India banned most dealings with the country. The Indian government announced last week it is halting all trade, except for food and medicine, as tension mounts on the Korean peninsula and the U.S. administration urges more global action to isolate Pyongyang. The ban came […]

An unexplained illness has claimed the lives of 12 people in Liberia since April 23, the World Health Organization reported Monday. Twenty-one people have fallen ill, including an unknown number of children, and three remain hospitalized at Francis Grant Hospital in Sinoe County. Symptoms of the illness include headache, diarrhea, vomiting and confusion, according to […]

The spending deal struck by congressional negotiators Sunday includes an additional $15 billion in military funding, half of the $30 billion President Donald Trump requested in March. The extra dollars for the military would help fund the US wars in Afghanistan, Iraq and Syria, as well as replenish equipment and pay for training and maintenance. […]

I have been to Richmond International Raceway on two occasions, each with a different meaning.  In 2010, the opportunity to cover the race on September 11 was very emotional, very challenging, because so many emotions were happening. It was the final race before the NASCAR Playoffs, couple that with the emotion of the day, and […]

Deadly storms that swirled through the central US over the weekend are moving east Monday, putting close to 80 million people at risk of severe weather. At least 13 people were killed and dozens more injured as storms tore through Texas, Missouri, Arkansas and Mississippi, spawning tornadoes and floods that left a trail of devastation. […]

Deadly storms that swirled through the central US over the weekend are moving east Monday, putting close to 80 million people at risk of severe weather. At least 13 people were killed and dozens more injured as storms tore through Texas, Missouri, Arkansas and Mississippi, spawning tornadoes and floods that left a trail of devastation. […]

A new photograph has been released to celebrate the birthday of the youngest member of the British Royal family, Princess Charlotte, who turns two on Tuesday. Kensington Palace shared the snap on their official Twitter account, posting: “The Duke and Duchess are delighted to share a new photograph of Princess Charlotte to mark her second […]

When used in early pregnancy, many classes of common antibiotics are associated with an increased risk of miscarriage, according to a study published Monday in the Canadian Medical Association Journal. Macrolides, quinolones, tetracyclines, sulfonamides and metronidazole were related to higher rates of pregnancy loss, the researchers say. However, a greater chance of pregnancy loss was […]

Happy Monday morning. Here’s what you need to know to Get Up to Speed and Out the Door. You can also get “5 Things You Need to Know Today” delivered to your inbox daily. Sign up here. 1. Donald Trump How will President Trump spend his next 100 days? Probably a lot like how he […]

Happy Monday morning. Here’s what you need to know to Get Up to Speed and Out the Door. You can also get “5 Things You Need to Know Today” delivered to your inbox daily. Sign up here. 1. Donald Trump How will President Trump spend his next 100 days? Probably a lot like how he […]

Justice Neil Gorsuch has been on the bench for less than a month and conservatives are already preparing for the next Supreme Court confirmation fight. The only hitch: there’s no vacancy. But that hasn’t stopped some Republicans, including President Donald Trump, from talking openly about a next seat and even possibly trying to woo 80-year-old […]

Sen. Sherrod Brown is extending a Democratic hand to President Donald Trump as his administration prepares to renegotiate the North American Free Trade Agreement. Brown, an Ohio populist who for years has railed against the same trade deals Trump often bashes, is sending a letter to the President on Monday outlining a four-point plan to […]

With a new week before them, Republican leaders continue the hunt for the 216 votes they need to repeal and replace Obamacare, a kind of Groundhog Day exercise that has consumed the early days of Donald Trump’s presidency, the GOP’s agenda and irritated some who fear the process has gone off the rails. But as […]

President Donald Trump will spend his next 100 days trying to get things done that he once confidently predicted he would accomplish in his first 100 days in office. The White House spent last week fending off unflattering critiques of Trump’s first three months in the Oval Office, claiming he had racked up great achievements […]

Parishioners dropped to the floor and fought the wind to seal the doors to their hallway refuge as a tornado ripped apart their church Saturday night. About 45 people — including toddlers and students — were at the parish hall of St. John the Evangelist Catholic Church in Emory, a town outside of Dallas, Texas, […]

Negotiators reached a critical agreement Sunday night on a large spending bill that if approved this week would fund the government for months, senior aides from both parties told CNN. As of Sunday night, Democratic and Republican aides disagreed about some of the figures that were initially put out as word of the deal broke. […]

A gunman opened fire at a San Diego apartment complex on Sunday evening, wounding eight people before being killed by police officers, according to the San Diego Police Department. The shooting occurred around 6 p.m. in the pool area of the apartment complex in the La Jolla neighborhood, police said. The victims were transported to […]

Prosecutors say 38-year-old Terrill Thomas did not have access to water for seven days before he died of dehydration in his cell in the Milwaukee County Jail. “It should have been the toilet water. Just the toilet water,” Lt. Kashka Meadors of the Milwaukee County Sheriff’s Office testified on Thursday. “I instructed to have the […]